THE FACEBOOK OF THE DEAD by Valerie Laws
My new poetry collection (published by Red Squirrel Press, cover design Gerry Cambridge) Some of my facebook friends are dead, as are some of my friends’ adult children or close friends on facebook. Many of us think of facebook as great for keeping in touch, meeting people, sharing photos, networking and marketing our work as authors. Social media has other perhaps less expected roles. My new poetry collection, my 4th, and 13th published book, THE FACEBOOK OF THE DEAD launches officially on 4th November. The title poem in my book is a meditation on this, and a tribute to a brilliantly talented young friend and writer, Lee Halpin, who died tragically at the age of 26. Here is the poem. THE FACEBOOK OF THE DEAD In life we leave the dead behind. On Facebook They gallop along with us, like racehorses Whose jockeys have been jettisoned. Like you, Your life cut short but not your timeline, though Your relationship status, life events, favourite Films and books wil...